CHIHUAHUA WESTWARD. 163 
The priest’s house was by far the most 
important in the village, being built 
around a large interior court, with all the 
rooms facing on this court, except the 
one given for our use. At the entrance 
to this interior court was a large gate, 
which could be barricaded in case of 
danger or an Indian uprising. On one 
of the outside corners of the structure 
was a sort of storeroom, the door open¬ 
ing on the street, and next to this store¬ 
room—which contained a few old bottles 
and pieces of leather—was the room 
assigned to us. At one end of our room 
was a small fireplace, and along the rude 
adobe wall was a wooden bench, and near 
it* a table. One window, with wooden 
bars, and the door, were the only open¬ 
ings. The floor was the common one of 
earth. As there was not a place in the 
